“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed You.”

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

“‘Well done, good slave!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves!”

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

But while they still were amazed and unbelieving because of their joy, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which means “Anointed One”),

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.”

and told him, “Everyone sets out the fine wine first, then, after people have drunk freely, the inferior. But you have kept the fine wine until now.”

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

“I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony.

If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven?

so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

“Sir,” said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’?

“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said.

“For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”

But He said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.”

“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.

and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.

You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.

You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.

And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.

but I know you—that you have no love for God within you.

I have come in My Father’s name, yet you don’t accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn’t be enough for each of them to have a little.”

Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

For this is the will of My Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life.

We have come to believe and know that You are the Holy One of God!”

“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

As He was teaching in the temple complex, Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You don’t know Him;

The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

Then the temple police came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

They asked this to trap Him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger.

Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father; therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”

You’re doing what your father does.”

“We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father—God.”

The Jews responded to Him, “Aren’t we right in saying that You’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”

“I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor My Father and you dishonor Me.

Then the Jews said, “Now we know You have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death—ever!’

Jesus answered, “You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you.”

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.”

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”

Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet and told Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!”

“Where have you put him?” He asked.

“Lord,” they told Him, “come and see.”

But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

Father, glorify Your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”

Then the crowd replied to Him, “We have heard from the scripture that the Messiah will remain forever. So how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.